Trouser cuff protector



A. VALENTE ET AL TROUSER CUFF PROTECTOR Filed NOV. 17, 1930 April 19, 1932.

Patented pr. 19, 1932 Artnr ALFRED VALENTE .AND JOSEPH M. DE LUCA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TROUSER CUFF PROTECTOR Application filed November 17, 1930. Serial No. 496,175.

Our invention relates to an improved protector and shape retainer for the cus of trousers.

Unprotected cuffs, and especially the rear portions thereof, in use are subjected to much rubbing over the heel portion of the wearers shoes, and such action quickly wears the cuE and frays the same which results in unsightliness and loss of shape of the cuffs.

The object of the invention therefore is to provide an improved trousers cuff guard and cuff shape retainer which will be simple, and effective in use for the purposes intended.

Another object is to provide such means which may be attached or detached in a simple, practicable manner.

Other objects will become apparent as the disclosure is more fully made.

Briefly, these objects may be achieved by the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a central cross sectional view through a trousers cuff structure showing the improved protector associated therewith;

Figure 2 is: a fragmentary bottom view;

Figure 3 is a sectional View as seen along the line 3 3 appearing in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4 4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view through the protector per se, as seen along the line 5 5 of Figure 6; and,

Figure 6 is an elevational view of the protector per se.

A trousers leg appears at 10 the same in the usual manner being turned up at its bottom to form the cuff 11.

These cuffs in use become worn and frayed along their heel portions and to overcome this, the detachable protector of the present invention, now to be described, is provided.

Such protector comprises a suitable strip of fabric: material which is elongated and folded back upon itself along a central longitudinal line to form the protector 12 presenting two wings equal in size and of double thickness to strengthen and reinforce the same. These folds appear at 12 and 12 in Figure 4. The fold 12 carries at suitable intervals fasteners having heads 13 and pins 147 the heads being hidden between the folds or wings of the protector, while the prongs 14 impale the f old 12 and project laterally thereof, as shown. The two folds then have adjoining surfaces securely and iiatly, glued or cemented together throughout their entire areas. Glue is preferable as will be later described. The middle portion; as at 15, of the protector is of maximum width. From this portion of maximum width the protector tapers off to its opposite ends as appears in Figure 6. The lower edge of the protector is flat to coincide with the bottom edge of the cuff, while the top marginal edge of the protector may be scalloped, as shown, to lend attractiveness to its appearance.

In use the protector will be centered to aline the wide portion 15 with the cu crease, l and the pins 14 are then secured at opposite i sides to the cu' as shown in Figure 3 to leave the wide center portion unobstructed by pin fasteners so as not to interfere with creasing the same. The pins: are bent back 'between the cuif folds and cannot be seen in AI5 use. rlhe wide portion 15 serves as a cuff shape retainer and as the most wear takes place at the center anyway, additional wear surface is presented better to protect the cuff. I

In pressing the trousers it is noted that the glue fastening the folds of the protector together softens slightly under the action of the heat. Such softening is, of course, only momentary and it is found that after the glue has cooled and hardened again it provides a very denitely held crease in the wide part of the protector which cooperates with the cuff crease. Thus the protector also functions as a shape retainer.

From this detailed disclosure it can now be seen that an improved trousers cuff protector has been provided, which achieves the desirable objects heretofore recited.

It is the intention to cover herein all such changes and modifications of the example herein shown which do not materially depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

A protector for the inside heel portion of a trousers cu; said protector comprising a strip of material folded back on itself along a longitudinal line to form two wings presenting a double thickness of the material, said folded wings being of the same size and shape and having their adjoining surfaces atly secured together to form a reinforced protector, said protector having a maximum width along a center line midway between its ends, said wide center line portion adapted to be creased in registry with the crease in the cuff, said protector being tapered from its wide center line portion toward each end to provide narrow ends, and headed pin fasteners carried by said protector for securing the same to a cuff, the` heads of the fasteners being hidden between the folded wings of the protector with the pins thereof impaling one folded wing only and projecting laterally thereof, said fasteners being arranged in alinement along a line substantially in parallelism with the line of fold between the two wings, said fasteners furthermore being located in the tapered portions and removed a substantial distance from the wide center line portion so as not to interfere with formation of a. pressed crease along said center line.

i ALFRED VALIENTE.

JOSEPH M. DELUCA. 

